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Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia. East-West management Asian companies are less hierarchical and...
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Audio 29 mins
Capacities for managing development
Money & Business

Capacities for managing development

...managing development... Capacities for managing development A short introduction to this album. Promoting forestry development in India How communities in Himachel Pradesh were empowered to take responsibility for the management of their natural resources. Planning for the forest's future How the communities within Himachel Pradesh have decided to manage their natural...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...managing waste A brief introduction to this album Waste Minimisation Cutting down the amount of waste we create per household is our biggest challenge. Waste Re-use How your recycling gets separated and processed. When to re-use packaging, opt for composting, or incinerate waste to produce energy. Waste Incineration Harnessing the power of your rubbish. The steam from...
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Audio 1 hr 17 mins
Retail management and marketing
Money & Business

Retail management and marketing

...introduction to retail management and marketing... Store operations A look at how stores plan and operate, focussing on Waterstone's and Clarks. Bar code technology Looking at the increase and benefits of online shopping and barcode technology. The impact of marketing The importance of marketing and communication. The agency and the message This video looks at how...
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Video 1 hr 39 mins
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...managers in every sector, nationally and internationally....Discovering development management: Introduction - This free course, Discovering development management, features the phrase ‘good development management’. As you discover development management, you should all the time be making judgements about the ‘goodness’ – or otherwise – of the ......
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...management, will provide you with an overview and introduction to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates. It adopts a broad definition of innovation and subscribes to the view that a fundamental feature of any innovation process is that it results in gaining value...Develop a critical understanding of technological innovation and management. This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...Managing coastal environments: Introduction - We begin this course by looking at an estuary, a place where sea, land and sky meet. We have chosen a particular estuary: the Blackwater estuary on the Essex coast in eastern England. Although the Blackwater has its own unique characteristics, it is used here as a setting, a device for approaching the study of environments....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Understanding operations management
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Understanding operations management

...management: Introduction - This free course, Understanding operations management, is designed to provide you with a basic framework for understanding operations management and its organisational and managerial context. It begins with a brief history of the changing nature of operations in a manufacturing context, but emphasises that the operations function is significant...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs